Tag: 64 bit

Pulse workspace version 4.5.12

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Pulse Workspace

  1. An issue that cause the Pulse Workspace application to incorrectly identify itself as 32bit instead of 64bit has been corrected.

Golf Competitions

  1. An issue that caused an extra page break at the beginning of a Competitions Report when sorted by Grade has been corrected.

Pulse Workspace version 4.2.65

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System

  1. Pulse website hosting has been transferred to Windows Azure. There is no change to site layout or software download functionality.
  2. Crystal Reports development software has been upgraded to version 13.0.11.
  3. Pulse Workspace download page now includes links to the 32bit and 64bit versions of Crystal Reports.

Secure Safe

  1. Banking posting stream no longer exports and prints posting reports. Rather they are exported only.

 Payroll

  1. The CSA Protected Earnings Amount has been updated to $349.13/week for 2015.

Pulse Workspace version 4.2.52/3

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NB: Version 4.2.52 was for internal testing only

Club Membership

  1. The New Member Wizard Surname, Given Name and Locality editors now correctly display their respective lists in 64 bit environments.
  2. The New Member Wizard Surname and Given Name editors now activate their lists on entry. Previously the first three characters of the surname / given name had to be entered before the list was displayed.

Please Note

To achieve the items above we have replaced a local MS Access database with an MS SQL Server Compact Edition (CE) database. This in turn requires that SQL CE components be installed on each workstation. When Pulse Workspace is first activated it will check to confirm that SQL CE components are installed. If not you will be informed and the installation will automatically be activated. Please allow the installation to continue through to completion.

Golf Competitions

  1. Nine hole competitions with scores created via Transfer Player Registrations are now correctly uploaded to GOLFLink.

 

Pulse Workspace version 4.0.132

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Club Membership

  1. The renewal transactions list in Maintain Members now contains the login name of the operator and processing date associated with the renewal.
  2. The printer selection button on the Documents at Renewal grid in System Options now works correctly on 64 bit systems.

Golf System

  1. An issue that caused End of Period to fail on startup has been corrected.

Pulse Workspace version 4.0.77

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Pulse CMS Monitor / Pulse Gaming

  1. Corrected the XML options file save location on 64 bit operating systems.
  2. The applications CMS Listener Service Options and CMS Status Manager now warns if access is denied to controlling the Pulse CMS Listener service. Note that User Access Control (UAC) normally denies access to the service controller to non-administrative users.

Pulse Workspace version 4.0.31

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NB: Versions 4.0.28 thru 4.0.30 were internal testing versions only.

Pulse Workspace

  1. An issue that caused the document preview in Pulse Workspace to fail on 64 bit system has now been corrected. This should dramatically reduce the number clients that have to downgrade to 32 bit execution.
  2. The document print routines have been revised to use managed .NET functions rather than native Win32 API calls when communicating with serial devices. The new solution is expected to be more robust and reliable than the previous version.

Function Ticketing

  1. The Function Sales Analysis report has been reinstated on the menu and revised for the new loyalty interface.
  2. The loyalty calculator no longer calculates a loyalty accrual for non-members.

Pulse 32Bit Conversion Utility

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For Pulse Workspace version 4 only.

The Pulse Software folder on the Start Menu has a new menu option titled: Pulse 32bit Conversion Utility. This utility will force Pulse Workspace to execute as a 32 bit process on 64 bit computers. This procedure will only be required when Pulse Workspace must access 32 bit DLL’s from 3rd party suppliers on 64 bit systems.

The procedure must be executed on your application server. That is, the computer on which the download from the Internet was performed.

This procedure should only be executed on instruction from Pulse support personnel. It must be re-executed every time the application is updated from the web.

Known applications that require this procedure to be executed are…

  • Golflink’s GLINK32.DLL

Pulse Workspace Version 4 64bit

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With the advent of version 4, Pulse Workspace now executes as a native 64 bit process on Windows 7 64 bit and Windows Server 2008 R2 computers without the need for the Windows On Windows (WOW64) emulator. Our endeavours will ensure the very best performance for you new hardware purchases.

Unfortunately not all software from other vendors is 64 bit ready. In particular, many printer driver software packages are not 64 bit enabled and therefore cannot be used in a 64 bit environment. For Pulse clients this includes line-of-business printers such as member card encoders / printers.

However, this should not slow your migration to Windows 7 64 bit. Microsoft ships a software add-on called Windows 7 XP Mode that allows you to configure your 32 bit printer drivers in a 32 bit environment yet use them from Windows 7 64 bit. It is a free software-only solution which means you do not have to invest in additional hardware. Once setup it is almost completely transparent to the user.

If you are planning a move to Windows 7, we suggest the following…

  1. Use the 64 bit version of the operating system wherever possible.
  2. Perform an inventory of all devices that will be connected to the new computers (printers, cameras, scanners etc).
  3. Ask your technician to verify your devices are 64 bit compatible.
  4. When compatibility issues arise, discuss with your technician the possibility of using Windows 7 XP Mode.

The computing world is rapidly embracing 64 bit environments. There is no reason that you should not do the same.